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Sweet bold move, it's a tough GBC title for sure. I recall you trying to sell it for awhile, no shame in opening up very worn sealed games.

I don't do Pokemon but have been casually aware of this because of all of the hype. The only info I can add that wasn't in the article: The prior owner Shyne on IG did refund the $3.5M to Logan Paul. I don't believe he has been refunded for the $2.7M purchase though, and his legal team was supposed to be on it. Shyne is also the guy who bought the $400k Sonic on Goldin last year so I'm sure he's loaded.

I have one but wouldn't sell for the $6k price...

Dang RIP. Didn't he do a lot of cocaine earlier in his life? Wonder if that did some long term damage to his heart and it finally failed on him.

Last week I received all of a 6/7/21 Speed Run order and about half of a 7/7/21 Speed Run Order. Just for updates.

It's clearly not Mint but I think it could have a shot at 9.0 or 9.2 (if lucky) and there isn't much hidden damage. It looked way nicer than the Ice Nine he had though. I think I sniped around $750 and expected it go to about $1500 or so. $2370 is a strong sale price yes but not absurdly out of this world or anything.

RIP, that Christmas special that just aired will be immortalized forever. First Madden game I got into as a kid was Madden NFL 94 on Genesis and that set me down the path of collecting lots of cool Madden stuff over the years.

So, everyone doing okay? I know this is anecdotal, but this spike is the most significant I've seen. It doesn't matter what the politics or news say, it's clear this new strain is much more transmissable but seems to be lower impact thankfully. It also appears that the vaccine is doing nothing, though they won't come out and say it. It's funny how your view spins it... if you're pro-vaccine then you credit the vaccine for your recovery, even though you got infected (which I thought wasn't supposed to happen). If you're anti-vaccine then you criticize it for not doing anything. Things I've noticed personally: Our kids are in elementary school and last week it was deemed high risk by the state. We used to get about 1 to 2 COVID nofications a week (they are required to email when someone in the school tests positive), but last week it was 5 on Monday, 4 Tuesday and 3 Wed. We kept them home this week but state of MD deems a school high risk if 3 separate cohorts of students contract the virus. Sports leagues, it's clearly destroying them. Teams aren't even able to field enough to play. And you know the vast majority of them are vaccinated, which isn't stopping the spread. Last, wife's friend was in a wedding last week and nearly everyone got it. I was in a wedding on Nov 13th and no one got it (125ish guests), but that was crazy. She has it, her husband, her sister, her parents, her grandparents, her cousins, etc. And her grandparents were both double boosted due to age and health issues, you just pray and hope they're safe. Just be very conscious and safe out there this holiday season!

Glad to see you around these parts, good luck with the sales!

Yeah Roundball is tougher than people think. Feels like that should be a minimum $250 game in halfway decent shape, but before this pop report nonsense you probably couldn't have even sold for $150.

They return recases super fast (sometimes next day or same week) and reseals faster too (1-2 month), but speedruns are 6+ months for everyone right now period. Probably accruing by the day and closer to 7-8 months on stuff just now sent.

I'm an N64 fan and OOT CE was actually the first game I ever graded myself, probably back in 2010 (85+ through VGA). Before this Wata hype it was always CE or bust, it's called collector's edition for a reason. I think those prices are extremely strong on the non-CE version. If the non CE is rarer in Mint graded shape it can probably track close to CE prices at best, it should never leap frog. Same thing with Majora's Mask, except that non CE is actually quite rare compared to CE. Those are very similar boxes without the CE text on one, otherwise identical. That's the case where pops could give the non-CE a price bump perhaps, but that one is much more scarce relative to the CE supply.

Did pretty well I'd say, maybe was one of @ExplodedHamster under copies? It's not the first time they've had high stuff in weeklies, they had a Castlevania go for $38k back in March on a Tuesday. More recently was the GI Joe American Hero NES at $20k on the Tuesday directly after the signature. That game had signature written all over it and should have bumped almost anything from the Halloween auction.

A 9.4 can have a crease like you describe. For a game to get a 9.2 like the GBA title then there is something significantly damaged somewhere. You're missing something or the case is masking a side bulge.

How picky are you with condition?

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Watched this weekend with the wife too. I'd say it's a must-view for us retro oriented guys. Probably about a 3.5 / 5. Worth a view, you'll have some laughs and nostalgia, but it's probably not going to make the list of must watch annual Christmas movies.

Legit and seller was an NA member for a long time, nice seller. Bought a solid game off him this year no issues, wouldn't worry about bidding.

Personally I think CIB with cello slit only to open is a thing of beauty. For yourself sure, do what you prefer. If this were Crusader of Centy though, it'd be "worth" it for you to leave it on.

Contra has an oval seal cart but no oval seal box. I'm not familiar with DD enough but that could be the case there.

On NES T2, they're probably non H-Seam because they are Ljn. On SNES T2 mine is a V-Seam as expected.

I have the highest graded at 9.4 A+ on there. On T2 I had to go with an SNES Judgment Day copy which is also 9.4 A+ and not easy to find.

Grading doesn't seem to be the long pole anymore, it looks to be encapsulation. I've had stuff in post grading for as much as 4 months on some orders.

Roger that, I'll concede you are more of an expert than me in the conflict of interest arena, but you aren't a full legal expert or you wouldn't have had to bring in an outside source. She also uses extremely soft language in her responses, indicating that the probable cause is there to potentially raise legality disputes, but ultimately a judge could preside either way and the outcome is not predetermined.

I appreciate the response at least. Let me clarify I'm not giving them a free pass or anything, I'm just not a lawyer and not qualified to speak on any of that. But on the flipside, when you use fallacies in your logic or borderline lies, then that seems to be slander and libel, which civil lawyers could go after. I'm all about transparency and facts, not as much about speculative rambling. I appreciate factual points you have made, not so much the opinionated interjections. Don't want to go tit for tat with you, so just a couple minor comments. I had 25,000+ posts at NA and 1,000+ transactions, was easily in the top 5 on each category and a part of me died when that website went down. Other than other mods or Dain himself, losing that site affected me as bad as anyone. So yes, please forgive me when some youtuber waltzes in and tells me what that site was meant to me. Personal opinion, if you want to get to the bottom of something then you delay a video until you have spoken to the proper parties. Not take a paycheck from a sponsor to meet a deadline. Again, if you want to get some real informed opinions on something, talk to the people who are plugged in. You seem dismissive of the points I have made, but to each their own and your bias is clouding your judgement as well. I do admit that have bias from being involved in graded games, yet I collect VGA and Wata both (so I am not affiliated with one company), and I've been doing this for 13+ years with roots in ungraded collecting. So I'm certainly not as biased as someone who only does graded, someone who only does Wata, or someone who just showed up in the last 2 years with no recollection of times past.